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piotr-cz:
Some time ago I ordered a set:
Investarm Hawken Kit
CAL 45, 1:48 pitch, total length 114cm, weight ~ 3.7 kg

I was looking for something with a nice wood and managed to ... stock has a beautiful color and grain.

This was the set after unpacking the package





All items taken out of the box

piotr-cz:
The first thing I did is fitting all the major components: hardware, barrel, lock and trigger.
It turned out that the wood has a nice supply of treatment so I need not fear that I lack the material.









Then I took the lock whose original decorations I did not like.

So I removed them with a file, preparing surfaces for engraving ...
I plan to delicate patterns like original hawken lock









I managed to do engraving on the lock.
Temporarily sealed the surface of cold-oxidative

After taking photos, I concluded that I must still make some adjustments.
By the way, it is interesting how much the pictures reveal any weaknesses that are not visible to the naked eye ...

piotr-cz:
I worked a little on matching metal parts for wood.
I also made a few parts from scratch, in his own way ...

docone:
The Hawken Shop has an all steel replacement kit for those rifles. I did one the same with that kit and it made it look great. I left the patch box brass and soldered the steel trigger guard to an Hawken double set trigger. I browned the barrel, blind riveted the underrib which I got from Dixie Gunworks, and used matching ferruls.
I thought that wood came out rather well after tung oiling it. Many coats. The rifle shone.
I redid the sights, and never got to fire it as I ended up divorced. I miss that rifle. It sure looked good.
You doing a fine job yourself there. I like the engraving. Simple, makes the whole thing work.
Good job.

piotr-cz:
I came up that I would be quite different patchbox.
As I thought I did ...
I cut the brass plate shape.
The opening patchbox in the kit filled timber.
Roughly matched the new element into the wood ...






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